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Weather extremes

How extreme does Cottbus's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Cottbus has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Cottbus station 2 km away. Updated through February 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Cottbus has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
103°F Jun 19, 2022

That is about 29°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Cottbus (typical high near 74°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Jun 19, 2022recent
2 101°F Aug 9, 1992
3 101°F Aug 1, 1994
❄️ Coldest night
-12°F Jan 11, 1987

About 40°F colder than a normal January night in Cottbus (typical low near 28°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -12°F Jan 11, 1987
2 -11°F Jan 14, 1987
3 -9°F Jan 8, 1985
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.14 in Aug 8, 1978

More rain in a single day than Cottbus usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 2.5 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.14 in Aug 8, 1978
2 4.04 in Aug 4, 2014
3 2.80 in May 22, 2007

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 103°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Cottbus's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 103°F is about 29°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Cottbus's warmest days reach the high 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 103°F and as low as −12°F. A single day has delivered over 5 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Cottbus, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →